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Shimla Slideshow
Shimla
Travel Blogs from Shimla, India
Shimla
... were starting to lose our patience with the constant sounding of car horns. So we both fell in love with the idea of Shimla when we heard of it pedestrianized city center. We spent two days and three nights enjoying being in the Himalayas and ...
Journey to Sangla Valley
Today was quite an adventure. We had breakfast at the hotel in Shimla and departed for Sangla. The drive was very different as we moved away from the bigger cities. The climate and people of the Himalayas varied greatly from region to ...
Coffe, cake and apple juice.
The YMCA was a good place to stay in Shimla, although very cold. It snowed twice while we were there. There is cable t.v. downstairs, the staff were helpful. The Indian Coffee shop in the mall was great. Went there every day for eggs, toast and coffee. ...
Dodgy-gut incident; and hiking in "The Glen"
... 't in the bar to drink obviously but to watch the cricket (a semi-final or final of the IPL), and then I even ventured into Shimla's only nightclub where some drunk guy persuaded me on to the dancefloor with him and his mates. What with his Indian ...
Chillin' in t'hills
... up the mountains to Shimla. It was a fantastic journey with beautiful views including stepped paddy fields and mountains in the backdrop. Shimla is a pretty (by Indian standards) town set over a couple of hills. Several of the municipal buildings and a ...
back online finally
... internet access since Delhi ... so much for blogging. We have just a few days left, staying at a fancy resort in Shimla in the Himalayan foothills for two days, then drive to Chandigarh, fly to Delhi and fly back to the states on ...
Cold Toes in Shimla.... : (
We travelled to Shimla yesterday morning for a couple of days and my word... if I dont get fit here then I'll never get fit in my life!!! The walkways everywhere are either up or down... and if you dont want to be walking on steep hills, there are always ...
NEED TRAVEL PRTNER
... just for fun, co-ordial support, Intellectual needs or any kinda fun, feel free to drop me few lines India . I am quite adj person with good sense of humour, well educated , open & broad , close to ...
Hot spring bathing in Tattapani.
Thankfully the Spring view guest house by the river was still above water when we visited. It will be flooded in the future...No one seems to know when. The owners have built a huge and expensive replacement hotel (around 3000Rs) on higher ground and ...
Much waiting around for a bus that never appeared
... really complain that this was forced upon them. Anyway about 4pm I gave up waiting and got on a normal bus instead, which arrived in Shimla about 9pm. I don't know why I waited for the deluxe bus anyway - I didn't need the a/c or the extra comfort; ...
Hill station Shimla-very crowded this time.
... it in 1819. Till then, it was a part of the Nepalese kingdom. In 1864 Shimla was declared as the summer capital of India. After Independence, Shimla became the capital of Punjab and was later named the capital of Himachal Pradesh. In 1903 a rail line was ...
Up into the cold freezing mountains
... , shaking, uncomfortable, etc... you can't sleep, you reach completely sick, you are just exhausted as Hell! [Note: Buses leaving to Shimla start from Haridwar or Derah Dhun, not from Rishikesh] Shimla is a former British colony .... and you can feel it ...
Shimla...
... med masser af musik og tivolistemning. Semi-aggressive aber, der lavede en infernalsk larm foran ens vindue, tidligt om morgenen. Regnvejr. Gamle, smukke huse, fra dengang Shimla var Briternes yndlings Hillstation når man skulle flygte fra ...
Simla
Jagson Airlines finally failed us. We were warned that the friendly but tiny airline that we had booked our 5 flights with may be unreliable, but we had 3 wonderful flights and were beginning to count on them to get us from place to place. Instead, our ...
Pretty close to the rooftop of the world
... from India I will know that for him NYC is a peaceful oasis of driving calm. These guys are experts! Anyway, Shimla is in the Himalchal Pradesh, which is the state that some of the Himalayas stretch across. It’s an old city ...
Toy train trip to Shimla
... kissing, huh! Let' see if I am able to convince him. This morning, we took the walk to the Jakkuh temple, a sightseeing point above Shimla. lot of people warned me, that monkeys will try to grab my glasses, so I had to be very careful. Even when I hold ...
Day 4 - from Heavenly Shimla
... tuned London cynism, who caught on immediatedly and got us back to where we needed to be. Platform 10, the Himalayan Queen to Shimla. Or almost. The train arrived, found our carriage, stepped on, found seats... with other people in them. We ...
More hiking around Shimla
There are two routes to the backpacker hangout town of Manali - the direct route north via Kullu, or the circuitous route to the east via Rampur, Recong Peo, Kaza and the Rohtang Pass. For the latter you need an "Inner Line Permit" for part of the ...
The Himalayan Ascent
... , hellish night in Kalka. Couldn't sleep, it was far too hot, I was up dor hours. Got up at 5:18, caught the train to Shimla which took seven hours- a long time for just 96km journey. I did climb about 2000 metres though. I met a nice family and I chatted ...
What a white wash out......
... reasonably hot! We bolt ourselves in our broken room in our sleeping bags to make this place bearable! So a final morning in Shimla before our Guinness Book of Records train ride for the afternoon. Walked to the train station to leave our big luggage in ...
W chmurach
Szarym switem (9 rano) udalismy sie w ostatnia podroz przez zielone sektory kubistycznego Chandigarhu i skierowalismy sie w strone dawnej letniej stolicy Indii - Simli. Miasteczko to jest najwazniejsza z zakladanych masowo w XIX wieku przez Brytyjczykow ...
India
... of stops along the way. Gavin took a video of a guy being sick out the window (nothing like treasured holiday memories!) Shimla is another hill station, we have just got to get away from the heat. When we got to Shimla we were trying ...
A train journey to a very english mountain town
A very cold hilly tree covered mountain town - founded by the Engllish... we were naughty and opted for a Domino's pizza here!! the first proper western food so far... naughty but ...
Shimlan shangri-la
... out from our New Delhi hotel at 6am, we were absolutely exhausted. Before the British influence on India, there was no Shimla. The land was acquired from local landowners in 1830 and the town quickly grew in importance, so much so ...
Oh La La, Shimla
... relatively happy with but I wanted to find something better, so walk more we did, until eventually we went to the 1st place.. Shimla is the capital of Himachal Pradesh and therefore in the Himalayas and at the top of the valleys so most things are below ...
